-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- All hail to the king and queen -- of catfish .

Greg Bernal of Florissant , Missouri , and girlfriend Janet Momphard of St. Charles , Missouri , on Tuesday hauled what is believed to be a world record catfish into their boat while fishing on the Missouri River .

The monster blue catfish weighed in at 130 pounds and was 45 inches in girth and 57 inches long , Dan Zarlenga , a spokesman for the Missouri Department of Conservation , said Tuesday .

`` It has n't hit me yet . ... I 'm still in shock , '' Bernal said Tuesday .

Bernal , 47 , said he was about to call it a day when he decided to give it one last shot . `` We threw the rod in , and about 30 minutes later , that rod took off , '' he said . `` I just put the pressure on him and tried to work him up towards the surface . His head broke the water and man , that was it , I knew I had a record breaker , '' Bernal said .

Jim Blair , who keeps a state-certified scale at his feed store in New Melle , was notified Tuesday morning by the Missouri Department of Conservation that a couple may have caught a state record catfish and they needed to use his scale to get an official weight .

`` My scale is inspected every year , it 's certified by the state , '' said Blair .

Before the catfish was put on the scale , Momphard said it had to at least weigh more than 120 pounds , because it weighed more than the generator Bernal kept in the back of his truck .

`` Him and his girlfriend were jumping up and down because when it went over 100 pounds , they knew they had a state record , but when it went up to 130 pounds , they was really excited , '' said Blair .

`` He 'll be considered royalty in the fishing world . ''

Although several official witnesses were on site when the scale read 130 pounds , the International Game and Fish association still has to sign off on whether a world record has been broken . Tim Pruitt of Godfrey , Missouri , holds the official world record . He reeled in a 124-pound catfish in May 2005 , in the same general area of the Missouri River , according to Zarlenga .

And for those of you curious about the so-called honey hole where Bernal caught this monster fish ? Sorry , he is n't talking .

`` Back in 1995 , I caught the Illinois state record catfish -- a blue that weighed 79.12 pounds , '' said Bernal . After that , he said , everybody knew who he was and started tracking his every move . `` I had to cut the running lights on my boat one time because I had boats following me . ''

Zarlenga says Bernal 's keeping quiet about the exact location is understandable , but he expects to see more people fishing the general area along the Missouri River for their dream catch .

Bernal is keeping the catfish , for the time being , in a friend 's deep freezer . `` I 'd like to see if one of the stores is interested in making a replication of it , like Bass Pro Shops or Cabela 's , '' said Bernal .

Meanwhile , he 's catching up on sleep and hopes to celebrate soon with a couple of cold beers .

`` I 've been fishing for the monster my whole life ... by chance , he came by to my hook and I actually got him . I was just lucky , but I 'm not going to argue with it , that 's a world record , '' Bernal said .

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The 130-pound blue catfish beats the world record by 6 pounds , an official says

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`` It has n't hit me yet , I 'm still in shock , '' fisherman Greg Bernal says

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Only some paperwork stands in the way of an official world record

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`` He 'll be considered royalty in the fishing world , '' store manager says